The kids at Outerra aren’t out to do much. Only create a game engine that can create entire planets for you to mess around in.
An indie project, the goal is to build a “3D planetary engine for seamless planet rendering from space down to the surface”. Which means build a whole planet, letting you start it in orbit then fly it all the way down to the surface, with no loading times and no artificial walls.
Once the planet is rendered, Outerra claims to then be able to run, well, a game on top of it, with vehicle physics and 3D object importation ready to go.
It’s an ambitious goal, one that’s been the dream of game designers — including mythical space MMO Infinity — for decades. Hopefully these guys can pull it off!
Gleno
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 8:24 AMwow
lol
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 9:17 AMFuturistic fighter jet game.
SatanicFudge
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 9:32 AMWOOT! Sins Of A Solar Empire style :D
Jacky
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 9:42 AMAdd that to Supreme Commander, then bundle that into sins of a solar empire and you’ll get the greatest game ever made period….
Vernatia
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 10:15 AMHmm, impressive.
Now we just need Bethesda to recreate Tamriel, and we’d have a game you’d never, ever finish.
Adam Ruch
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 10:28 AMThat is bonkers.
Craig
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 10:33 AMOnly one planet? Try a Galaxy:
http://www.infinity-universe.com/Infinity/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=26
Another tech demo in their ‘technology’ section on their engines site: http://www.inovaestudios.com/
Rize
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 10:54 AMWAAAAAANT.
CyK
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 1:00 PMloving the music
allanon10101
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 1:02 PMSomething like this combined with something like the X Universe.
WAAAAAANNNNNT!!
sharmona
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 4:21 PMtech demos are my favourite demos
Ryan
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 4:55 PMWhy has no-one mentioned something like Mass Effect? Imagine a whole galaxy of fully explorable planets!
Jezza
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 7:23 PMSpace Engine and Infinity: Quest for Earth have been doing this for at least half a year and a couple of them, respectively.
Steve Stevenson
Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 7:55 PMKeen
PHuZZy
Monday, November 28, 2011 at 1:00 PMlooks good.. but the sky could also do with some clouds..